When to paint a house exterior in Reading, PA
When to paint in Reading, PA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 11Jun
- 10Jul
- 12Aug
- 14Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 12 | 41° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 16 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 12 | 60° / 85°F |
| July | 10 | 7 | 10 | 67° / 89°F |
| August | 12 | 8 | 12 | 65° / 87°F |
| September | 14 | 12 | 17 | 58° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 15 | 46° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Reading compared
1 gets fewer, down to 57 a year. A gap like that between towns is usually elevation, a coast or a lake, which is why a painter from a few towns over can be on a different schedule. Wyomissing is read from the same station as Reading, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Reading | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyomissing, PA | 2 mi west | 63 | August to September | same station |
| Pottstown, PA | 16 mi east | 64 | July to August | Pottstown Limerick Airport |
| Ephrata, PA | 17 mi southwest | 63 | August to September | Lancaster Airport |
| Coatesville, PA | 25 mi south | 64 | July to August | Pottstown Limerick Airport |
| Phoenixville, PA | 26 mi southeast | 64 | July to August | Pottstown Limerick Airport |
| Lebanon, PA | 26 mi west | 57 | August | Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indi |
How Reading ranks in PA
Of 68 PA places with 10,000 people or more, Reading (population 96,000, 4th largest) ranks 54th for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 65. The longest season in the state is Indiana, 109 days, 171 miles west. The shortest is St. Marys at 39. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Rdng Rgnl/C A Spaatz Fd Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.